Student nights. Some think they are defined by excessive drinking and ridiculous behavior. Some think that just because I’m a bit of a health freak I’m going to skip them. But just because I look after myself, I’m not going to miss out, or get labelled as boring – no way. They don’t know how […]
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All over the web and social media every day, people discover Orthorexia like a radical new find, not realizing that Stephen Bratman came up with the term in 1996. OK, so like anything it takes time to go main stream. I get that, and it’s finally getting there. But looking back it has been slow. […]
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So the peak of my Orthorexia was in university. I was the smallest minority you can imagine – a healthy student. Many Orthorexics often manifest their disorder in very different ways, because ultimately it’s not about an exact way of eating (like vegan or raw foodism for example) that makes you Orthorexic, it’s your attitude […]
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Superiority. That’s the only word for it. The feeling I had when I was Orthorexic. How couldn’t I? I had answers. I knew the way forward. All these frustrations people were facing around me. They never knew the answer was in front of them all along. You are made of what you put in your […]
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Being Orthorexic expresses itself in different ways for different people depending on their story and circumstances. It is also wrongly associated with a number of ways of eating and various lifestyles. When you search the blogosphere and the internet in general the conversations between Orthorexia and ways of eating like veganism go hand in hand. […]
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Welcome to Beating Orthorexia
From time to time I share my thoughts on the subject of Orthorexia based on my own experiences of being Orthorexic and subsequently overcoming it. I hope you will share some of your thoughts here too.

I have also written a book called Beating Orthorexia in an attempt to share my learnings with the many peple out there who are also looking to balance their values of health with having control over, and making the most of their life. Read more about the book, by clicking on “the book” tab above. – Eddy